Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Letter by Rabbi Moshe Ber Shehn - Rabbi in Vienna - 1884

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Long autograph letter (4 pages) of Torah thoughts signed by R. Moshe Ber Shehn. [Vienna], 1884.
Letter to his friend R. Moshe Ya'akov, in an interesting flowery writing. At the beginning he enthusiastically writes of a Torah novellae revealed to him: "I will not abstain from informing you of the great finding I have found this week on an issue about which I have pondered for many years and I called out 'marvelous, marvelous'. This is in our parasha, Parashat Matot…".
R. Moshe Ber Shehn of Schossberg, a rabbi in Vienna. Dayan and Moreh Tzedek in Krems and Wieden (Vienna). Close disciple of R. Yehuda Assad who in several responsa calls him: "My beloved…senior disciple". (Teshuvot Mahari Yoreh De'ah, 230, 289), and disciple of the Ktav Sofer (Kinstlicher, HaChatam Sofer V'Talmidav p. 526). He was the proofreader of the book Akedat Yitzchak, Pressburg 1849 edition (together with his friend R. Feivel Plaut Rabbi of Šurany).
[4] written pages. 22.5 cm. Very good condition.
The Chatam Sofer and his Family; Hungarian Rabbis - Letters and Manuscripts
The Chatam Sofer and his Family; Hungarian Rabbis - Letters and Manuscripts